Looking at my last bio, I can say for sure, life is going by too fast!

 

I am 53 years old and live in southeastern Massachusetts here in the states.  We live in a small town known as Somerset, about an hour south of Boston, but actually much closer and dearer in our hearts to Providence, Rhode Island, a great small city in a gem of a small state. My co-habitants are my beyond measure wife Kristen and our two kids, Elena and Michael Jr. We also have our fabulous 5 year old granddaughter, Aubrielle, living with us now. To Aubi, I am known as Bumpa.

 

Elena is 16 and is amazing in all ways. She is an accomplished dancer and, more recently, a high school track athlete and field hockey player, all the while being an outstanding student and fine young lady. Michael Jr. is 12, Christmas Eve baby.  He is also an amazing kid, heart of gold, great student, budding chef, and young gentleman. He has taken to my love of the Red Sox (and sports in general, especially college basketball, go Friars) and music, so we are quite the pair.

 

By way of work, I have been at my company for 30+ years, which is ridiculous to fathom. I work for MEDITECH, a pretty big player in the medical software industry.  I currently manage most/all of our customer support that happens in the odd hours, evenings, overnight, weekends.  You will sometimes see a "MEDITECH match/rivalry" in the comment boards here, as I have indirectly brought a number of work cohorts into the Olmec fold. Real credit goes to RobP, though, as he recruited me, repayment for me hiring him into MEDITECH many years ago.

 

In my spare time, I love these games.  My success has been limited, but that is half the fun.  I have never won a cup nor league titile here with LIN, which I will have engraved on my headstone if I never get one.  A number of close calls and some tough luck in finals, but we will get there. I also volunteer in our town's youth soccer organization, which is gratifying and far more work than most of the griping parents know. I'm also a huge baseball fan, riding the recent wave of success for the Sox after many years of pain. I am also a huge music fan, live shows especially. I have seen Bruce Springsteen 60+ times in concert!